The Fleet Air Arm in the Second World War, Volume II, 1942-1943

This is the second of three volumes covering the transformation of the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. As the subtitle of this volume suggests the years 1942-1943 marked a stepping stone between the small pre-war cadre operating from a small number of carriers to a naval air arm flying modern aircraft types from a large number of ship

Autorentext

Ben Jones is a Principal Lecturer in Naval History at the University of Portsmouth.

Inhalt

General Introduction, PART I 1942: Climax in the Mediterranean, PART II 1943: The Escort Carrier comes of age, Sources and Documents